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388
Battery-During the month the Battery has not been fully supplied with ore, vide milling and crushing returns.
Total tons crushed... Amalgam from Blates
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
QUEEN MINE.
The prospects at this mine are more encourag- ing than they have been for a long time past. In my last I stated that we had started the drive 205 ozs 3 dwts. South at the 205 feet level in a new country. in ... 209
the hope that we might have a similar experience to that which we had in Olivers, in the untried southern ground. At the commencement of this work the lode was somewhat disordered, but it has got more solid as we advance, and the manager telegraphs this morning, that in the present face it is 15 inches wide and assays 9 dwts. per ton.
Total Amalgam
470 ozs. 13 dwts, Smelted Gold..........
152.40 028. The ore yielded 7.12 dwts, per ton. Average value of Battery Tailings-1 dwt 6 grs. per ton. Assay Department. Numerous Assays have been made from different parts of the Mine besides the usual smelting of gold.
Engineering Work. Very few repars have been necessary and everything is working well. Dams.-There is sufficient water to last about ten months.
G. E. MOORE, Manager.
Messrs John. D. Humphreys and Son also in- form us that in a letter they have received from Mr. J. Whear Roberts, consulting Engineer to Olivers Freehold Mines, Limited, and Queen Mines, Limited, dated 3rd May, 1900, he writes as follows:-
OLIVERS FREEHOLD MINES.
On the 14th April I visited the Mount and spent two days in making a thorough inspection of the workings.
I found that development work was proceed. ing with the utmost expedition. We now have a staff of workmen well-trained in the handling of the machine drills, and considering the very hard nature of the ground in the Mine I am satis- fied that the progress now being made will com- pare favourably with that being done in any other Mine in the colony.
Unfortunately, however, at all points where development was in progress the ore had become very poor in quality-the only exception being in the second series of stopes over the 150 feet Level South. The 300 ft. level, the extension of the 150 ft. Level South and the interme
diate level North were all in ore which could not be classed as payable.
The bottom level has been driven north 217 feet. Payable prospects not having been dis- covered I have ordered the discontinuance of the work for the present, and we will now confine our attention to the southern end of the Mine.
J. WHEAR Roberts.
[June 2, 1900.
Telegraphic communication with Iloilo, Bac olod and Cebu was restored on the 29th ult.
Sanitary Inspector Mills, who is in charge of No. 5 health district, was removed to the Hos- pital on Monday suffering from plague. He was taken ill on the 26th ult.
At the Magistracy on the 29th ult. two cargo boatmen were charged with obstructing Sai Wo lane steps yesterday morning. They were each fined $3, one of them being also fined $5 for not having a license.
The Hongkong branch of the Navy Leaguo has remitted home the sum of £49 sterling in | aid of those on service in South Africa or their families, being the equivalent of $502 dollars collected from Members and Associates of the local branch of the League.
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS. of the Hospitals:-
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MACHINE GUN COMPANY,
H'cap. Total.
96
The following is the result of the May shoot of the above company for the "Captain Potts" Cup. Gunner H. Gidley scoring his first win on this trophy. Best scores:-
200 400 500 yds. yds. yds. * Gunner H. Gidley 26 27 30 13
Sergeant Smillie... 29 29 29 Gunner Shoolbred. Bomb. Gloyn. Corpl. Sherwin Gunner Baldwin
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95*
22 28 22
17
89
24 20 22
21
87
28 26 17 15 86 25 32 28 Scratch 85 * Winners of Spoons.
THE HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
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SHORT RANGE CUP AND SPOONS.
for this event
There were a fair number of competitors on the 26th ult., but the shooting throught was very much below the average. Armr.-Sergt. Blair scored his second win with a total of 87. The Long Range Cup was won for the first time the previous Satur- day by Co. Sergt.-Major Wallace, R.E., with a score of 92.
Scores.
*G. P. Lammert *Ar.-Sergt. Blair
As the new intermediate level (No. 7) over the 300 ft. level was not far enough advanced to admit of stoping operations being started there, and as the supplies of payable ore from other parts were too limited to produce sufficient to keep the battery going full power or to cover ordinary working expenses, I was somewhat reluctantly compelled to order the dismissal of 20 men, thus bringing the working mine J. Cramer, R.N. staff down to 56 which has been its strength for the last fortnight of the month.
The month's return, just to hand, shows a loss on mining account, and in view of this fact I have telegraphed to the Manager asking him to meet me here to-morrow to discuss matters with a view to a further reduction of the staff. In all probability we shall decide to open the payable sections for systematic stoping and meanwhile only work the Battery half time or ahut it down altogether until we have enough ore accumulated for a continuous run for a few weeks.
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You will note that Mr. Moore reports that the lode has disappeared entirely in the 300 ft. level South. It disappearance is no loas. We are in hopes that the next shoot of stone which we ought soon to intersect will be of better quality.
propose
The development work with which I to proceed will be (1) Continue the 300 ft. level South; (2) Resume driving the 150 ft. level north to connect with B' shaft; (3) sink the shaft. We now have all the appliances necessary for the last work and tenders have been invited for alternative contracts (a) to sink 100 ft. and (b) to sink 200 ft. It is extremely desirable to sink the shaft 200 ft. so as to get into a new zone of ground, and the strong pro- bability is that on a 200 ft. contract we shall get the work done much cheaper proportionately than we should were to limit the sink" to 100 ft. at time.
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I purpose having the three works indicated done by contract, which is sure to lead to more speedy progress, and which will be more econo- mical than day labour, as we shall lessen the cost of supervision; and as the men will have to supply their own explosives and stores, there will be no likelihood of extravagance or waste.
200 500 600 H'cap. Tl.
89
30 31 28
4
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33 24
32 29
87 84
26
27 22
82
19
32 30
81
21
31 29
81
21
31 28
80
23 27 20
10
80
*C. S. M. Wallace, R.E. 23 *J. Marshall A. Watson Mr. Pullen
M. S. Northcote A. Mackenzie
22 31 22 * Winners of Spoons.
HONGKONG:
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On Sunday night, the 27th ult., an old woman residing in U Lok Lane fell down a smoke-hole
and was killed.
The number of visitors to the City Hall Library last week included 311 non-Chinese and 92 Chinese; to the Museum, 153 non-Chinese and 1,905 Chinese.
On the 26th inst. Mr. J. Macdonald read an interesting paper on "Tonnage" before the members of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong.
The P. and O. steamer Coromandel, which ar- rived from Shanghai on the 25th ult., was put into quarantine for 24 hours in consequence of two European members of the crew having been attacked by plague. It would seem from this that the disease was contracted somehow in the northern port, though Shanghai has so far been fortunate in escaping the disease. Her departure, therefore, was postponed until 6 p.m. on the 26th ult.
Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co., General
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Morningside, steamer Edinburgh $81.27 J. Bosshart....
5.00 Mr. Hallifax has given his decision in the case of a boatman charged with being in illegal possession of thirteen bags of sugar, the defen- dant being fined $100. An impudent attempt was made by the defendant to trick the police in this case, but Inspector Baker was too sharp for him.
Among other old residents who have left the colony were Mr. and Mrs. Warres Smith, who sailed by Japan on the 24th alt. Mr Smith does not intend to retire altogether from business, but will conduct the affairs of the Daily Press, Chung Ngoi San Po, and Chroni. cle and Directory from an office in the City, London.
The death was reported on the 28th ult. of "Staff-Captain" Symons, a most energetic mem- ber of the Salvation Army, which took place at the Government Civil Hospital on Friday, the deceased being buried in the Happy Valley on Saturday; and of Lau Cheong, compradore to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and a minent member of the Chinese Commercial Community, who succumbed on the 26th nlt. ot an attack of plague.
At the Magistracy on the 28th ult. five men were charged with being concerned in an armed robbery at Kowloon Chai on Saturday night. They and three others, all being armed with revolvers, broke into a house, and having terrified the inmates into silence ransacked the house, ultimately decamping with money, jewelry and clothing of the value of $867. A report was. made to the police, who arrested the prisoners the same day at Lo Ko Wan with some of the stolen property in their possession. The case was adjourned.
At the offices of the Public Works Depart- ment on the 28th ult. Mr. G. J. W. King offered for public competition six lots of Crown land at Mong Kok Tsin, Kowloon. There was a fair amount of competition. Inland lot 1,076 was sold for $10,085 (upset $10,067); lot 1,077 was bought for $7.650 (upset $6275); lots 1,078 and 1,079 were bought for $7,260 and $9,000 respectively (upset $4,340 and $4,346). Lot 1,080 fetched $4,540 (upset $2,706), and lot 1,081 $5,220 (upset $2,707). All the purchasers were
Chinese.
Last week the landladies of six brothels in Third street, West Point, were brought up at the Magistracy charged with keeping brothels in a prohibited street, notice having been given them to quit by the end of April. His Wor- ship made orders for them to quit by the first of August. Since then 26 more landladies who had gone further West returned to Third street, no doubt thinking they would be allowed to remain there until the first of August as well. At the Magistracy on the 30th ult., however, Mr. Gompertz ordered them to clear out by the first of July.
At the Magistracy on the 30th ult. a China- man from Macao was charged with dealing in Managers of the Indo-China S. N. Co., Ltd. lottery tickets. An Indian constable saw him inform us that they are in receipt of a telegram aboard a steamer which came alongside the from the Head Office in London stating that wharf on the evening of the 29th ult., and notic at the Annual General Meeting of Share-ing that he carried a bundle he asked him the nolders to be held on the 7th June the Directors will recommend the same dividend as last year (6 per cent. and bonus of 2 per cent.) for the year 1899, both free of income tax, and to carry for- ward £27,580. The balance at credit of Under- writing Account on 31st December 1899 was £161,700.
contents. The man replied "Nothing," and commenced to run away. The constable chased and caught him and took him to the Central Police Station, where the bundle was found to contain lottery tickets.-The defen- dant said the tickets were not for sale in Hong- kong. A fine of $25 was imposed.